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Researchers Create Ultrastretchable Wires Using Liquid Metal

Posted by samzenpus on from the keep-it-stretching dept.

hypnosec writes "By using liquid metal researchers have created wires that can stretch up to eight times their original length while retaining their conduction properties. Scientists over at North Carolina State University made the stretchable wires by filling in a tube made out of an extremely elastic polymer with gallium and an indium liquid metal alloy."

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  1. Coming soon... by SwampChicken · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...to a manufacturer near you. Spaghetti wiring to complement their existing spaghetti code.

  2. Re:Are they worried about leaks? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    metallic gallium is not considered toxic
    Wikipedia on Gallium
    Pure indium in metal form is considered nontoxic by most sources.
    Wikipedia on Indium